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    <head>
      <title>Recipe Ingredient Divisions</title>
      <categories>
        <cat>Vegetable</cat></categories>
      <yield>8</yield></head>
    <ingredients>
      <ing-div>
        <title/>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>1</qty>
            <unit>pound</unit></amt>
          <item>Dried great northern; navy, or pea beans</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>6</qty>
            <unit>cups</unit></amt>
          <item>Water</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>2</qty>
            <unit/></amt>
          <item>Bay leaves</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>2</qty>
            <unit>teaspoons</unit></amt>
          <item>Salt</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>6</qty>
            <unit>tablespoons</unit></amt>
          <item>Dark molasses</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>1/2</qty>
            <unit>teaspoons</unit></amt>
          <item>Dry powdered mustard</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>1</qty>
            <unit>small</unit></amt>
          <item>Onion; peeled</item></ing></ing-div>
      <ing-div>
        <title>OPTIONAL</title>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>1</qty>
            <unit>pound</unit></amt>
          <item>Moderately-fat beef (chuck; flanken; or the like) -or-</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>1/2</qty>
            <unit>pounds</unit></amt>
          <item>Salt pork -or-</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>1</qty>
            <unit>tablespoon</unit></amt>
          <item>Vegetable oil</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty/>
            <unit/></amt>
          <item>(none of these is necessary if you prefer to omit)</item></ing></ing-div></ingredients>
    <directions>
      <step>       IT-TOOK-FORTY-YEARS-TO-GET-IT-RIGHT BOSTON BAKED BEANS
  
   Soak beans at least overnight in the 6 cups of water (longer is even
  better).  Drain, cover with fresh water, add the bay leaves, and simmer
  covered until *very* tender, about two hours.  Drain, place half in a bean
  pot or other casserole with a tight-fitting top. Add all other ingredients.
  Place remaining beans in pot, cover with boiling water, and bake tightly
  covered (use a sheet of heavy aluminum foil tightly crimped around the top
  if your casserole doesn't have a cover) in a 325 degree F (160 degree C)
  oven for about 7 hours. Remove top, pull piece of meat (if using) to top of
  mixture so it can brown, and bake another hour uncovered. (Note: it's a
  good idea to check water level after about 5 hours, and add more boiling
  water if necessary to keep the water level above beans until it's time to
  uncover.)
  
   Serve (on Saturday night, of course) with ketchup or chili sauce, and
  steamed brown bread.  If you want to be quite traditional, reheat leftovers
  and serve with codfish cakes or balls for Sunday breakfast.  Freezes well,
  so if your bean pot is large enough, do two pounds at a time and stock up.
  
  ESTHER@ROCHGTE.FIDONET.ORG
  
  (ESTHER VAIL)
  
  REC.FOOD.RECIPES
  
  From rec.food.cooking archives.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
  http://www.erols.com/hosey.
 
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